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PCR Presentation

PCR is an In vitro technique involving multiple rounds of DNA synthesis  with a bacterial polymerase enzyme that is  resistant to heat denaturation. A polymerase is a naturally occurring enzyme, that catalyzes the formation and repair of DNA (and RNA). Kary B. Mullis, who was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize for  chemistry for PCR. Kary Mullis conceived of a way to start and stop a polymerase’s action at specific points along a single strand of DNA.